Weld County (Colo.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Papers of Jim Svedman
Collection
Identifier: ASFF
Abstract
Martin Svedman was the first of the Svedman family to farm in Colorado. He arrived in Colorado in 1880, and in 1883 homesteaded land near what would become Windsor, Colorado. Over the years, he devoted portions of his land to both crops and livestock. His son Clarence Martin Svedman, born in 1906, took over management of the Svedman lands following his father's death in 1923. Clarence Svedman and his son Clarence James (Jim) Svedman, worked the land jointly until the elder Svedman's death in...
Dates:
1898-2000; Majority of material found within 1950s-1970s